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THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK 


liisHILE  London  may  surpass  it  in  population,  and  Paris  in  art  and  architecture,  yet  from  the  point 
£2  of  view  of  the  living  world  —  of  industrial  achievement  —  of  commercial  ambition  —  New  York 
aij  stands  pre-eminent.  Business,  wealth,  stupendous  enterprises  successfully  consummated,  gigantic 
p9\  undertakings  impossible  or  unnecessary  in  the  old  world,  flourish  in  New  York,  and  failure  in  the 
^  broad  sense  is  unknown.  Forty-storied  buildings,  mile-long  bridges,  tunnels  beneath  the  earth 
and  rivers,  and  elevated  roads  above  the  busy  streets,  all  contribute  to  reveal  the  infinite  powers 
existing  here  to  satisfy  the  unlimited  needs  of  the  greatest  city  in  the  world.  Geographical  conditions  have  had 
much  to  do  with  this.  The  long  narrow  island  of  Manhattan  has  forced  the  growth  of  the  city  in  one  direction 
only,  hence  a  congested  business  district  and  the  urgent  need  of  rapid  transit.  The  skyscraper,  the  express  elevator, 
the  fast  trolleys  and  trains  are  the  logical  solution  of  the  problem.  Americanism  has  risen  to  the  task,  overcome 
every  difficulty,  and  worked  out  a  commercial  salvation  to  the  wonder  of  the  nations. 

No  vista  of  man's  achievement  can  compare  with  the  view  spread  before  the  traveler  as  his  ocean  steamship 
enters  New  York  Harbor.  The  skyline  is  a  study  of  heights  and  angles,  of  titanic  buildings,  darkening  the  horizon 
like  a  range  of  crested  mountains.  Only  a  few  years  ago,  the  World  Building  with  its  fourteen  stories  taxed 
credibility.  It  is  a  pigmy  compared  with  the  Flatiron,  the  Singer  Building,  and  a  score  of  others,  while  over  all 
towers  that  enormous  pile  of  stone  and  steel  —  the  Metropolitan  Life  Insurance  Building  —  a  straight  shaft  rising 
toward  the  sky,  counting  48  stories,  and  measuring  from  sub-basement  to  flagstaff  over  7oo  feet. 

No  citv  in  the  world  possesses  such  magnificent  hotels,  nor  so  many  of  them  —  actual  palaces  catering  to  the 
most  fastidious  tastes  of  a  discriminating  public.  Then  there  are  the  parks  —  Central,  Bronx,  Van  Cortlandt,  and 
a  hundred  others,  comprising  unquestionably  the  largest  and  most  elaborate  park  system  in  the  world.  Not  less 
noted  are  the  houses  of  New  York's  multi-millionaires.  Fabulous  in  magnificence,  they  adorn  Fifth  Avenue, 
Riverside  Drive  and  a  score  of  lesser  boulevards. 

New  York  is  the  financial  and  business  center  of  the  world.  Its  bank  clearings  exceed  those  of  London  nearly 
50  per  cent.,  and  now  that  the  manufactures  of  the  United  States  exceed  in  volume  those  of  any  other  country. 
New  York  has  natura'ly  become  the  greatest  mart  for  the  buying  and  selling  of  merchandise  the  world  over. 

Published  by  L.   H.   NELSON   COMPANY,   Portland.  Maine 

PUBLISHERS    OF    NELSONS    INTERNATIONAL    SERIES    OF    SOUVENIR  BOOKS 

Copyright.  1905,  1906.  1907.  1908.  1909.   by  L.  H.  Nelson  Co.,  Porlland,  Me. -270th  Thousand. 


I'ark  Street,  nri'l  from  Miill)rriy  to  Hiixtcr  Street,  loiitiiiii-.  twu  .ind  three-quarters  .ures  of  well-kept  lawn, 
ulecl  tor  the  comfort  and  pleasure  of  the  people.  ,    .     ,  .       ,     •     .  ^. 

liar  ureen  at  the  itouthern  extremity  of  the  city.  From  here  a  fine  view  of  the  hay  may  he  obtained.  I  he 
many  treen   and  has  a  broad  walk  alon({  the  nea  wall.     It  is  always  thronged  with  immiRrants  and  loungers. 


.  'i  Sl  A'flON      'I  hc%c  hnc  Ijuil'linun  ot  brick,  stone  .tti'l  tcrr.i  loII.i  .irc  luc.itcd  on   Kills  IsKiiul,  .1  sinall  isl.imi  between  tbe  I-iliritv  Sl.itue  attd  tile 

C',  '      Here  Thoutan'U  o(  i.TiiniKfanli  are  received  daily  and  paused  into    the    United    states.     All    stceraue    passengers    arc    translcrred    from  the 

%tt4    •  -hey  arrive,  and  before  they  can  land,  mum  be  examined  ai  to  their  eliKibility  an  citizenn  and  be  fully  recorded.    The  Governtnent  never  censes  to 

protect  the  immigrant  until  he  U  prepared  to  face  the  new  conditiona.  Over  11.000.000  immixrantH  have  entered  the  port  of  New  York  since  1880.  and  the  annual 
•vtragc  la  about  600.000. 


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U.  S.  CUSTOM  HOUSE.  Bowling  Green,  foot  of  Broadway.  Occupies  an  entire  block,  and  was  completed  in  1907  at  a  cost  of  $7,200,000.  This  beautiful 
structure  is  the  finest  customs  building  in  the  world.  Doric  colonnades  give  a  superb  air  of  stateliness  to  the  walls,  and  the  cornice  is  embellished  with  statues 
emblematic  of  the  great  commercial  nations.  Larger  groups  representing  the  continents,  /^merica,  Europe.  Africa,  and  Asia,  by  Daniel  C.  French,  flank  either 
side  of  the  main  entrance,    A  cartouche  emblematic  of  the  American  Nation,  by  Carl  Bitter,  is  the  crowning  feature  of  the  facade.    Cass  Gilbert.  Architect. 


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MANHATTAN  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY  BUILDING     66  Broadway, 
n«ar  Exchan(«  Place     One  u(  the  tallc%l  \>uiM\nn»  in  the  city,  having  S3  itoriei, 
»nii  towerinc  Ml  (c«t  high.    Very  ttrikinK  and  ornate  dciign.    Home  of  the  Man- 
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STANDARD  OIL  COMPANY  BUILDING  Located  at  26  Broadway,  near 
BowlinK  Green.  This  structure  has  acquired  fame  as  the  headquarters  of  the 
)(iKantic  trust  which  controls  the  petroleum  industry  of  the  world.  The  buildinK 
i»  entirely  occupie<l  by  the  parent  company  or  sub-companies  which  either  pro- 
duce, refine  or  transport  oil  or  by-products. 


BROADWAY    FROM    CHAMBERS    STREET.    The    great    avenue   of    New  WALL  STREET.    The  money  center  of  America,  the  target  of  political  tirades, 

York's  business  life.    No  other  street  in  America  can  show  such  activity,  such  a  the  text  for  many  a  sermon.     Fortunes  made  or  lost  every  hour  of  the  business 

variety  of  architecture,  such  throngs  of  people.    The  surface  cars  follow  each  other  day.    In  the  center  of  the  view  is  Trinity  Church,  at  which  point  Wall  Street 

in  a  never-ending  procession.     Broadway  starts  at  Bowling  Green  and  extends  to  begins,  extending  to  the  East  River.    The  low  building  at  the  right  is  the  U.  S. 

Yonkers,  a  distance  of  14  miles.  Sub-Treasury;  the  skyscrapper  beyond,  the  Gillender  Building. 


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THE  BROOKLYN  BRIDGE.  Stretches  from  opposite  City  Hall  Park  to  Fulton  and  Sand  streets.  Brooklyn.  This  magnificent  bridge  was  begun  in  1870  and 
opened  to  the  public  in  1883.  Cost  $21,000,000.  It  consists  of  a  central  river  span  1.595  feet  long  and  two  land  spans,  with  a  total  length  between  terminals  of 
7.580  feet.  The  bridgeway  carries  two  caole  and  two  trolley  car  tracks,  two  wagon  ways  and  a  footpath.  4.000  cars  and  2.000  vehicles  pass  east  and  west  every  day. 
The  average  number  of  passengers  in  twenty-four  hours  is  300.000.     It  is  estimated  that  about  5.000.000.000  people  have  used  this  bridge  since  its  opening. 


Trinity  Church.  Empire  Building.      Wall  St.  Exchange  Building.  Standard  Oil  Building.  Bowling  Green  Offices, 

jrety.  U.  S.  Express  Building.        Manhattan  Life  Building.  42  Broadway  Building. 

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THE  HOTEL  ASTOR.  Long  Acre  Square  and  44th  Street.  Erected  in  1904  by  William  Waldorf  Astor,  One  of  the  most  sumptuous  hotels  in  the  world.  Built 
of  absolutely  fire-proof  materials,  contains  six  hundred  guest  rooms,  large  restaurants,  grill  room,  palm  garden,  roof  garden,  etc.  Great  banquet  halls,  ball  room 
and  private  dining  rooms  occupy  an  entire  floor.     One  of  the  most  interesting  places  in  New  York  to  visit  is  the  wine  cellar  of  Hotel  Astor. 


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BLACKWKLL'S  ISLAND  BKIUGK.  Thii  uplendid  example  of  cantilever  briilKc  conHtriiction  spans  the  Ka>l  Kivcr  from  ICast  69th  Street  and  2d  Avenue  to 
Jiine  tn'i  Acciemy  %ircet».  LonK  Iiland  City.  The  bridxe  i(  «upported  by  nix  masonry  piers  with  a  clear  hcit;ht  over  channels  of  135  feet.  Lon>;esl  span  1132  feet. 
Th«  (titirc  tiructurc  >•  nearly  7700  feet  in  lenfcth — the  lonKCSt  bridxe  spanning  the  Kast  River.  It  is  provided  with  a  roadway  63  feet  wide.  4  ircdley  lines,  2  railroad 
track!  and  t  promenade*.    The  bridxe  was  completed  in  1908  at  a  cost  of  over  $26,000,000 


MANHATTAN  VIADUCT,  Manhattanville.  At  125th  Street  the  West  Side  line  of  the  underground  rapid  transit  system  emerges  from  the  subway  and  crosses 
the  Manhattan  valley  on  a  great  flying-arch  steel  viaduct  to  135th  Street,  where  it  again  enters  the  tunnel,  and  at  190th  Street  is  more  than  100  feet  below  the 
surface.  The  Manhattan  Viaduct  is  a  splendid  example  of  American  bridgework,  and  in  common  with  all  sections  of  this  greatest  engineering  feat  of  the  new 
century,  is  built  to  last  for  all  time  under  the  severest  strains. 


'  UCE.  CITY  HALL.     The  entrincen  inri  txitd  to  thr  city'ii  underground  rapid  transu  syMcm  arc  a  new  feature  ol  the  streets  of  the  metropolis. 
,  built  and  ol  pleaiinK  deiiiKn.    The  herculean  undertaking  was    completc<l    in    1904.     Ultimate    cost.    $60,000,000.     Krooklyn    Hrid^e    is  the 
.         '       Manhattan  wcttern  aection  runii  to  KinKsbridvc,  cantern  to  Bronx  Park.     Brooklyn  tunnel  will  pass  under  Broadway  to  South  Kerry,  thence 
un'^er  ba*t  Kivcr  to  Atlantic  and  Platbuih  avcnuei.    Manhattan  and  Bronx  lines  reach    Yonkers   and    WilliamsbridKe.    Various    branches    and    loop-lines  connect 
tactions. 


INTERIOR  OF  SUBWAY.  The  subway  is  rectangular,  13  feet  high  and  25  feet  wide  for  2-track  sections,  50  feet  wide  for  4-track  sections.  The  bed  is  of 
concrete,  with  steel  frame  construction,  concrete  walls  and  roof,  lined  with  asphalt  and  roofing  felt.  It  is  mostly  near  the  surface,  but  at  certain  points  drops 
lower,  notably  at  Columbus  Avenue  and  104th  Street,  where  the  cars  pass  at  a  depth  of  80  feet.  At  169th  and  181st  street  are  elevators  to  stations  110  feet  below 
the  surface.    The  motive  power  is  electricity,  using  the  third  rail  system.    City  Hall  Park  to  96th  Street  in  13  minutes. 


TRINITY  CHURCH.  Broadway  at  the  head  of  Wall  Street.  The  present 
structure  is  of  brown  sandstone  in  Gothic  style,  and  was  completed  in  1847.  The 
church  society  is  the  richest  in  America,  and  maintains  besides  the  parent  church, 
eight  chapels,  schools,  a  dispensary  hospital,  and  a  lene  list  «f  charitable  enter- 
prises. 


TRINITY  CHURCH  INTERIOR.  The  bronze  doors  which  adorn  the  en- 
trance were  given  by  William  Waldorf  Astor  in  memory  of  his  father.  John  Jacob 
Astor.  The  altar  and  reredos  were  presented  by  John  Jacob  Astor  and  William 
Astor  in  memory  of  their  father.  William  Astor.    The  reredos  alone  cost  $100,000. 


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GRANTS  TOMB  Claremont  Heights.  Riverside  Drive,  near  123d  Street.  This  beautiful  edifice,  one  of  the  largest  monuments  in  the  world,  is  150  feet  high 
and  covers  an  area  of  10  000  square  feet,  and  is  built  of  Maine  white  granite.  The  cost.  $600,000.  was  raised  by  the  Grant  Monument  Association  by  voluntary 
contributions  from  over  90.000  people.  The  memorial  was  dedicated  by  President  McKinley  in  1897.  Over  the  portico  are  statues  of  "Peace"  and  "Victory"  by 
J.  Massey  Rhind.    The  remains  of  the  great  soldier  and  his  wife  lie  in  two  red  porphyry  sarcophagi  in  a  crypt  under  the  dome. 


CENTKAL  PARK  i»  the  ureal  [jlayKfound  of  the  city's  poor  ai  well  as  the  remlc/vous  for  the  fashionable  turtiouts  of  the  wealthy.  Ii  extcmls  from  69th  Street 
to  llOth  Street  an'l  from  6th  Avenue  to  8th  Avenue,  an  area  of  eiKht  hundred  seventy-nine  acres  aboundinK  in  natural  beauty.  Woodland,  lake,  lawn  and  meadow 
unite  to  make  this  the  mo«t  delightful  park  in  the  world.  The  center  view  above  thowi  the  fine  equestrian  statue  of  General  Sherman  by  St.  Gaudens,  erected 
near  the  Mth  Street  entrance. 


1  Copyright,  Irving  Underhill,  N.  Y. 

THE  SPEEDWAY  AND  WASHINGTON  BRIDGE.  This  well  constructed  roadway  on  the  western  bank  of  the  Harlem  River  was  built  exclusively  for  the 
speeding  of  horses  in  light  harness.  It  cost  $4,000,000,  was  four  years  in  building,  and  is  four  miles  long.  Here  speed  trials  are  made  every  afternoon.  The 
Washington  Bridge  crosses  the  Harlem  River  at  181st  Street.    It  is  a  steel,  iron  and  granite  structure,  costing  $3,000,000,  and  is  2,384  feet  long. 


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Yor,  'e«      Hclow  43<1  Street  on  the  New  York  side  the  nhore  is  lined  wilh  ureal  steamboat   .locks  and  wai  chouses,  and  ten  y  slips. 

Th»    -    ■  ,         ,     .  equally  crowded.     Many  o(  the  famous  trannallnntic   lines  have  docks  on  the  Jeisey  shore.    The  amount  of  daily  liatlic  on 

th»««'  /.J'cr.  rnoimou-.  Hw.  Imrn,  tugn.  territn.  and  canal  boatii  are  continually  pastiinK.  The  ureat  freight  and  passenger  ferries  of  the  Pennsylvania  Kailioad. 
whith  hat  a  lerminal  in  Jeracy  City,  art  a  noticeable  feature  of  every  day  life  on  the  river. 


